County Cricket Round-Up - 11th June 2013

There were centuries for Alex Lees and Kyle Coetzer as two of the 10th round matches in the LV= County Championship began today. The remaining matches will start tomorrow and are previewed below.

Alex Lees hit his maiden Championship century as Yorkshire reached stumps on a truncated opening day against Middlesex on 215 for two. The visitors lost Adam Lyth in Tim Murtagh’s seventh over and Phil Jaques with the score on 70. However, Lees and in-form skipper Andrew Gale shared an unbroken 145. Lees completed his century in the dying moments of the day off 221 balls, while Gale is unbeaten on 61. Middlesex were hit by the withdrawal through injury of seamer James Harris in the 25th over of the day.

Northamptonshire’s top-order finally fired against Leicestershire at Grace Road. Kyle Coetzer ended on 150 not out as the runaway Division Two leaders closed on 320 for four. Coetzer lost his opening partner Matthew Spriegel to Alex Wyatt early on, but shared useful stands with most of the middle-order prior to the pivotal one with Andrew Hall. He and Hall added 120 for the fifth-wicket and will still together at stumps with the former South African all-rounder undefeated on 65.

day one, LV=CCD1, Durham v Warwickshire at Chester-le-Street Durham have named an unchanged squad from the one that drew with Somerset, with Chris Rushworth and Callum Thorp vying to break into the starting eleven from Taunton.

day two, LV=CCD1, Middlesex v Yorkshire at Lord’sday one, LV=CCD1, Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire at Trent BridgeNottinghamshire have finally lost patience with Alex Hales, who has scored just 30 runs in his last eight Championship innings. He has been dropped in favour of Riki Wessels. The hosts are boosted by the return from a calf injury of talismanic seamer Andre Adams. Ed Cowan plays his final four-day game for the club before linking up with Australia ahead of the Ashes.

day one, LV=CCD1, Sussex v Surrey at ArundelThe opening game of the Arundel Festival sees Sussex again have the services of England’s Matt Prior. Monty Panesar was dropped from the eleven that drew with Middlesex last week but is included in the 12-man squad alongside his replacement Will Beer. James Anyon returns to the side at the expense of Chris Liddle.